Trunk.



No. 792,246. PATENTED JUNE 13 P. I. ANDREWSE B. F. WYMAN.

TRUNK. Y APPLICATION FILED JAN.27. 1905.

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No. 792,246. PATIINTIID JUNE 13, 1905. P. I. ANDREWS Iz B. I. WYMAN.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.27.1905.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

PAUL I. ANDREIVS, OF KENNEBUNK, MAINE, AND BENJAMIN F. WYMAN, OFLANCASTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE LEATHEROID MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF KENNEBUNK,A MAINE, A CORPORA- TION OF MAINE.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,246, dated June 13,190 5. Application filed January 27, 1905. Serial No. 242,826.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL I. ANDREWS, of Kennebunk, in the county ofYork and State of Maine, and BENJAMIN F. VVYuAN, of Lancaster, in thecounty of l/Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to trunks; and its ob` IO ject is to provide animproved method of attaching' straps to the inside of such trunks as arerequired to be so supplied; and it consists in a trunk provided withstrap attachments whereby the straps may be easily detached or I5changed when desired and are less liable to give way under the strain towhich they are subjected in use.

In what are known as drummeistrunks used by commercial travelers forcarrying 2O samples of clothing` and cloths it is customary to attachleather straps to each side of the trunk near the bottom and buckle themtogether across the trunk and over a portion of the goods. As thesestraps are simply riveted to the side of the trunk, the strain isagainst the head of the rivet and not sidewise against its shank, whichlatter is preferable.

In the drawings attached to and forming a part of this specification,Figure l shows a trunk with the end cut away, so as to show thearrangement of the straps inside; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the same;Figs. 3 and 4, enlarged details of the studs, loops, and straps.

Similar letters refer to like parts in all the drawings.

a a a a represent studs securely fastened in the walls of the trunk andadapted to enter holes near the ends of the straps which may be slippedover them.

b b b b represent loops fastened to the walls of the trunk below thestuds in each case. These straps are usually placed in pairs, eachmember of which is opposite the other. It will be readily seen that whenthe members of each pair of straps are drawn forcibly together over thegoods in the trunk the loops accomplish two purposes: First,they bringthe strain on the stud at a right angle to its axis, and hence have notendency to pull olf the stud or in case of a rivet being substitutedfor the stud no tendency to pull over the head of the rivet; second, thefriction of the strap, bent,as it is, sharply around the loop, relievesto a large degree the strain on the stud. Another advantage of the studinstead of a rivet is that the stud allows the straps to be readilyremoved. The frequent giving way of these straps is asource of constantannoyance, which this invention is intended to remove.

IVe claim- A trunk provided with studs attached to and projecting' fromits inner Walls and with loops also attached to the inner walls of thetrunk below said studs and straps,each attached near its end to one ofthe said studs, and passing thence through one of the said loops,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof we have aiiiXed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

PAUL I. ANDREWS. BENJAMIN F. VVYMAN. Vitnesses:

STEPHEN MOORE, ALBERT C. Y. MACADAM.

